Cytowanie Komentarza do Królów I 18:30

And is setting up a place for himself. He is building an altar for himself. That is the altar referred to concerning Eliyohu, 'he repaired the ruined altar of Adonoy.'¹⁷Melachim I 18:30. Targum Yonoson renders, 'and he is making room there for himself to divide the spoils.'

ויקח אהרן כאשר דבר משה, And Aaron took just as Moses had said, etc. This means that Aaron did so as soon as he received the instructions from Moses. Aaron's action is remarkable because he had witnessed what happens when one offers incense at the wrong time. and the wrong place. He might have waited until the appropriate time and offered it inside the Sanctuary. Instead, he knowingly endangered himself having received his instructions from Moses the acknowledged prophet who was entitled to violate a commandment temporarily in order to deal with an emergency. Another example of a prophet acting in this manner was the prophet Elijah on Mount Carmel when he repaired a private altar at a time when private altars were forbidden (Kings I 18,30).

The companions are all forced to recognize that Job's arguments are sound and unassailable, against which the rushing flood (Daniel 11:22) of their replies could not stand. Nevertheless, two of them²⁸Only Eliphaz and Bildad; Zophar does not participate in the third cycle. make one final effort to repair the shattered altar (1 Kings 18:30) of their theses. Both seek a single remedy for the two issues being discussed, viz. the suffering of the righteous and the prosperity of the wicked. Both now acknowledge that Job was right when he said that God ought to reward the righteous and punish the wicked immediately; neither should He make the righteous suffer because of some minor sin or in order to compensate him later; nor should He should let a wicked person appear to prosper even for a moment but should wipe him off the face of the earth at once. But each finds a reason why Providence cannot govern in such a manner.